El Baghdadi claimed he had definitive evidence that Trump worked with Saudi Arabia to hack Jeff Bezos, which turned out to be a proven hoax. Now he claims that the CIA told him the Saudis are after him. Believe him?

Mattis first speech post-SecDef tenure made waves on Iran, but I find this line interesting: "People who can see a way to get up in the morning & take care of their families, are less likely to go towards radicalism."

Quote offers insight into Mattis' thinking, & shows that unfortunately, he subscribes to the Obama-Bush model of "Countering Violent Extremism," a botched counter terrorism effort based on shoddy research that led to unnecessary nation building & multi-billion dollar boondoggles.

Moreover, this way of thinking led to massive US-backed infrastructure & nation building projects in Afgh, Iraq, & elsewhere. We flushed billions of $$$ down the toilet thinking that Econ empowerment could fix the radicalism problem. It didn't work. And it continues to this day.

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@SaraCarterDC I like you and John, because I know you are good people. But right now America needs good investigative journalists who can uncover and expose the truth to the American people. Was Arvinder Zambi who is alleged to be Robert Mueller's handler since 9-11 also....

...Arvinder Zambi is allegedly the handler for George Papadopoulos which is the counterintelligence investigation bad evidence. And on top of supposedly also being Mueller's handler since 9-11, she is attached to the Queen and the privy counsel. That leads straight to British....

...involvement in this Coup d'etat to overthrow the Govt of the US, and a duly elected sitting President. This is big stuff Sara, and you and John have yet to even make the connection. We know Halper, and Downer, both FBI/CIA assets came from the UK. This could be an act of War!!

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This is my personal point of view
To end Middle East terrorism, the world needs to find ways to stop supporting them. Terrorism in the Middle East has two heads who are allies. First, The Iranian regime of Mullas which is the biggest sponsor of terrorism as a country

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with creat terrorist groups such as Hizballah and Houthis. Also, the Iranian government support Alqaeda and ISIS. Second, The Muslim Brotherhood the grandfather of other terrorist groups and the head of the snake. The Muslim Brotherhood is the Father of Takfir Wal-Hijra and TWH

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TWH is the Father of the Al-Qaeda and AlQ is the father of Al-Nusra and AlN is the Father of ISIS. So when you go down, you find the more extreme son. The Muslim Brotherhood has full support from Qatar and Erdoğan.

It is all well & good that companies & lobbyists are reassessing #Saudi Arabia over reported murder of #JamalKhashogg. BUT! Where the fuck have all these people and firms been for decades? The violations of the #Saudi monarchy have never been a secret. nyti.ms/2CcsOjL

Glad to see people pay attention, finally, and I wish it hadn’t been over such a gruesome crime. I wish people and firms had started boycotting #Saudi royal family over its gender apartheid that affects all women there. Or the #Yemen war. Or jails full of activists. Or. And. Or.

This was my first oped about #Saudi Arabia for a US newspaper - ironically enough, The Washington Post. Fifteen schoolgirls had died in a fire because religious police wouldn’t let them out because the girls weren’t wearing a cloak and a headscarf washingtonpost.com/archive/opinio…